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AIC Netbooks:
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November 15, 2008, was a cold night in Shenzhen, China. Inside the factory of electronics firm
AIC, Inc., Production Manager Elias Chen watched completed QuiN 816 netbooks rolling toward the
end of the conveyor belt, where the final assembly line worker placed each unit onto the rack for the
shock test and the final burn-in test by quality assurance. After a frantic start-up phase in August
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AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly
History
AIC Systems was founded in Taichung Taiwan in 1992 as a printed circuit board producer for the personal computer industry with specialization in motherboards and graphic cards. By the early 2000s, the company had evolved into an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). As an ODM, the company actively strived in innovating and designing each new generation of components. In 2007, the company decided to diversify its product portfolio to include consumer electronics with focus on mobile technology. By entering the netbook market, AIC was able to design and manufacture a branded product in the mobile industry. The production manager and chief industrial engineer established an assembly line process for netbook production.
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